Antonyms for fakery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fey-kuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪ kə ri


Definition of fakery

  • As in make-believe : noun unreality
  • As in pretense : noun falsehood, affected show; cover
  • As in sham : noun hoax, trick
  • As in falsehood : noun lie
Example sentences :
  • Three years of this fakery is enough to try the soul of a saint.
  • Extract from : « Oogie Finds Love » by Berkeley Livingston
  • They resort to fakery: one howls, and the other wrinkles his face in great anger.
  • Extract from : « The Human Side of Animals » by Royal Dixon
  • And there was no fakery about the warmth from the thing over his chest.
  • Extract from : « The Sky Is Falling » by Lester del Rey
  • It is a terrible thing to have spent years perfecting the art of fakery, and then to realize you needn't have faked at all.
  • Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • As it was, Jenny Harper was first a symbol of the fakery he intended to destroy, and after that a woman.
  • Extract from : « Love Story » by Irving E. Cox, Jr.

Synonyms for fakery

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